i'll eat that sour cream for you

This weekend I went with my soul friend to the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain.

It is voted one of the top five arts & crafts shows in the nation.

Did someone say ARTS AND CRAFTS?! Oh, I'm there!

I grabbed some Green Apple and Blue Raspberry Italian Shaved Ice and Lisa got a burrito from Enrique's Place and we began our trek through the forest lined with hopeful vendors.

It was so much fun to walk through the woods in the coolness and shade of the trees.  The wind would blow just enough to remind us that fall is on its way.  

There was a lady selling homemade drink mixes and we were able to sample some of them.  We tried the Caramel Apple Cider and my eyes got wide and I could taste fall!  

I left with two bags of hand-ground Pioneer Porridge and Ground White Grits.  I can't wait to have them for breakfast.

When we left Lisa and I went to the Atlanta Temple for a few hours.  

I love the temple so much.  

It is such a place of peace and comfort to me.  I was so happy to have been able to take my daughter inside with me!  

I could feel her excitement as we were inside there together and she began to move around.  

I felt so relaxed and hopeful for the rest of my life as I sat in the temple and contemplated silently.  

I am so grateful for the opportunity to be able to go inside the temple and leave all of my cares behind and have time to feel like spirit and feel God's love for me.  

(and I know Evaleigh felt it too!)

Health rating, shmealth rating.

The other night we went to Taco Fiesta for another one of those lazy dinner nights.  What is WRONG with me, I need to get back in the kitchen.  Taco Fiesta is a 

dirty 

dirty 

dirty 

authentic Mexican restaurant.  It is about 5 minutes from our home and they have the BEST tacos in town.  

I don't even care what their health rating is.  

It was a fiesta in our mouths!  I love it when we go to these places so I can make John order for us in Spanish, that always gives me a shiver, even if he is just ordering food.

I am obsessed with this mexican soda.  It is a lot like martinelli's sparkling apple cider, but the difference is you don't have to wait for midnight on New Years to drink this yummy apple soda.

John likes to drink the Horchata, which is a sweet Mexican rice drink.  I was pretty skeptical at first but after he co-hearsed me in to trying it, I decided, it is DELICIOUS.  John likes to force me to try his foods and drinks. (I will forever refuse to try his favorite snack of cottage cheese and apple sauce...blech.)

I wish I had understood what was going on in the spanish soaps. It looked pretty dramatic.

"Bring our food!" (and another soda!)  Our tacos were amazing, be warned though that what we are pouring on is not guac.  Nope, no way, nosies.  It is hot hot hot.

I'm going to go to bed now and snuggle up to John and listen to Bob Dylan covers.  We are happy, times a million.

*Taco Veloz, also another delish authentic Mexi cuisine place in Atlanta, is one our our favorite spots.  Go try it!